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Working Memory, Fine Motor Skills and Early Numeracy in Cerebral Palsy

Child Neuropsychology published research exploring the relationship between working memory, non-verbal intelligence, linguistic skills, counting, fine motor skills and early numeracy in 56, six year old children with cerebral palsy. Each child was evaluated for early numeracy performance, working memory, non-verbal intelligence, sentence understanding and fine motor skills. In addition, basic counting performance was assessed. The results […]

June 15, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

executive function, handwriting, pediatric occupational therapy, visual memory, working memory, free handwriting

Working Memory Exercises – Farm Animal Freebie

Here is a freebie to practice working memory skills. This freebie is one of the Level 1 exercises. Working Memory Exercises encourage: visual memory skills working memory skills handwriting practice executive function skills You can download the activity at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/workingmemoryfreebie.html You can find out more information about the Working Memory Exercises Level 1 and Level 2 […]

June 15, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

pediatric physical therapy, autism, movement and learning, pediatric occupational therapy

Exercise, Academic Engagement and Children with Autism

Pediatric Physical Therapy published research exploring whether participation in aerobic exercise before classroom activities improves academic engagement and reduces stereotypic behaviors in 4 classrooms of 24 children (ages 3-6 years old) with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: This study consisted of a treatment condition of 15 minutes of aerobic exercise followed by a classroom task and a control […]

June 10, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

fine motor skills, pediatric occupational therapy, visual motor, visual motor activities, visual motor skills, visual spatial

Color Copy Challenge – Visual Motor and Visual Spatial Activity

Download this freebie to practice visual motor and visual spatial skills. Copy the colors exactly or use the black and white version. Player one colors in the top and player two copies the colors. You can download it at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freecolorchallenge.html [subscribe2] Practice copying different patterns using various sizes and techniques to encourage different fine motor […]

June 8, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, bilateral coordination, brain gym, iPad apps, iPhone apps

Paint My Wings App for Double Doodles

Are you familiar with double doodles? It is a Brain Gym® bilateral drawing activity to help with eye hand coordination, spatial awareness, right/left discrimination and visual discrimination skills. Here is a new app that facilitates double doodling called Paint My Wings, from one of my favorite developers, Toca Boca. Of course it is cute and […]

June 5, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy

Recreational Programs for Children and Grants

Summer is almost here in the Northeast and school will get out near the end of June. For some therapists, this means time off or reduced caseloads. If you are looking for some summer work (which I doubt you are but figured I would offer) how about plan a new, unique program to start up […]

June 3, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

handwriting, pediatric occupational therapy

Handwriting and Dyslexia

Human Movement Science published research demonstrating that deficits in the specific motor activity of handwriting are associated with developmental dyslexia. The subjects were evaluated for linguistic and writing performance and included children with developmental dyslexia, with and without handwriting problems (dysgraphia) and children with typical development. Using a digitized tablet, the quantitative kinematic variables of […]

June 2, 2015/1 Comment/by Your Therapy Source

pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, speech therapy, early intervention, fine motor skills, gross motor skills

Early Motor Skills and Language Development

Early motor skills may affect language development Hayley Leonard, Goldsmiths, University of London and Elisabeth L Hill, Goldsmiths, University of London Learning to sit up, crawl and walk are all major milestones in a child’s early development – and parents often record these actions in baby diaries, photographs and videos. Developing motor skills allows the […]

May 31, 2015/1 Comment/by Your Therapy Source

handwriting, pediatric occupational therapy

Comparing Tracing and Copying in Sitting and Standing

The Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology compared muscle activity patterns using an electronic tablet when performing a tracing task and copying figures in sitting on a horizontal plane and when standing in front of a wall on a vertical plane in 35, five to six year old children. The results showed the following: 1. different […]

May 27, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

drawing, handwriting, pediatric occupational therapy, free handwriting

Doodling and Writing

Did you know that research indicates that students who drew or doodled while learning had improved memory recall over students who did not? If you need to practice drawing skills, visual perceptual skills, visual motor skills and handwriting practice give some of these activities a try. You can download the sample pages here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/doodlediariesfree.html Reference: Drawing to Learn in Science, Science […]

May 22, 2015/by Your Therapy Source

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